Jewelry



J. P. ROWLEY AND J. W. SCHOELLNER.

JEWELRY.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY 24. I919.

1,386, 1 33. Patented g- 2, 1921.

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JOSEPH P. ROWLEY AN D JOHN W. SCHOELLNER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

JEVTELBY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 2, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrrr l. RowLnY and Join W. SOHOELLNER, both citizens of the United tates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Jewelry, of which the followiiig a SQGzlllCiltlOIl.

This invention relates to an improved connecting member or link for cull buttons. he sort of connecting members which we have in mind are those, in the form of a loop, or preferably a figure 8 to each end of which a cufi button is to be joined by means or another linker loop or ring. Such connect members have heretofore been made. of stock bent to shape and with the ends soldered together. We propose by our invention to use iiat material, and because of the distinctive method employed in manufacturing we are enabled to use tlat material of base metal fated on but one side with precious metal and obtain as the result the process a link or connecting member ot which all visible surfaces are platec In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated, from figure to figure the steps of the process, and the last two figures show the finished article.

Figure 1 illustrates in plan and edge view the flat blank with which manufacture begins; Figs. 2, 3, l, 5 and 6 illustrate in plan and section respectively further steps in the handling of the blank according to our invention; and .l'ig. 7 illustrates in perspective a finishe article made in accordance with our invention.

Referring to the nu erals on the drawings there is shown at 8 a fiat blank, preterubly circular, of base metal, and with the surface 9 plated with precious metal. This blank is brought to the shape shown in s by drawing, and now assumes a cup w the bottom of the cup being; indicated at ll and the sides at 11, the precious metal suri'ace 9 being on the outside. The next operation is to bend in the upper edge portions of the flange 11 to the position shown in so that the cup is partially closed with the sides or" the cup rounded. As the next step the upper edge portions of the flange are bent in toward the bottom of the cup, as indicated in Fig. 4. Next, the bottom of the cup is punched out as indicated at 12 in Fig. 5 and then the edge portions of the bottom surrounding the cut-out portion 12 are bent up to meet or assume an overlapping relation with the downwardly bent flange 11, as indicated in Fig. 6. he result is to produce a continuous ring which is split circum'ferentially on its inner surface where the split is substantially invisible, and it will be noted that all of the visible surface of this ring is plated. Moreover, we prefer to conduct the manipulation so that the cross section of the complete ring" shall be rounded as indicated in the sectional view of Fig. (5. Finally, the ring of Fig. 6 is squeezed diametrically so that it assumes the shape of Fig. '4', providing two end loops or openings by which connection may be made with the cutl buttons.

It will be evident that the various changes of shape of the material may be made by different well known operations.

Inasmuch as many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of our invention could be made without departinglrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense, except as required by the scope of the claims.

We claim:

1. An article of the kind described, having an unbroken endless outer wall, and an inner wall portion defined by uniting inturned edge portions of the outer wall, the visible surfaces of both the outer and inner wall portions being of plated precious metal and the invisible surfaces being of base metal, upon which the precious metal is plated.

An article or" the kind described, generally S-Shaped in plan, having an unbroken endless outer wall, and an inner wall portion defined by uniting inturned edge portions of the outer wall. the visible surfaces of both the outer and inner wall portions being of plated precious metal and the invisible sur- I races being of base metal, upon which the precious metal 1S plated.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signa- 

